Hudson seeks teams to overhaul sewer plant

The selection process begins with issuing a “request for qualifications” to identify and select the engineering and contractor team to head the project.

Dan Cherry Daily Telegram Staff Writer @lenaweecherry

HUDSON — Wanted: Teams to design and construct a $5 million overhaul of the Hudson wastewater treatment plant next year.

The Hudson City Council voted 6-0 Tuesday to authorize City Manager Steve Hartsel to seek those qualified for the work.

The project will use a relatively new progressive design-build delivery method approved by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. The selection process begins with issuing a “request for qualifications” to identify and select the engineering and contractor team to head the project.

Submissions must be received by Nov. 23, after which city officials will examine submitting teams’ qualifications, their projects and references. The council will then have the option in December or January of approving one of the submitting teams to be the design-build partner for the project.

Fleis and VandenBrink Engineering Inc. of Kalamazoo is guiding the city in the process. The request for qualifications for a design-build team is spearheaded, however, by the city itself.

Councilor Tyler Mattison was absent from Tuesday’s meeting.

In other business

The Hudson City Council at its meeting Tuesday also:

Approved no parking from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 in the 200 and 300 blocks of West Main Street for the annual Christmas parade.
Presented a 40-year service award to Hudson Department of Public Works Superintendent Philip “Peanut” Goodlock. Goodlock has been employed by the city since Oct. 4, 1976.
Approved the city’s health plan — compliant with the Affordable Care Act — for next year, effective Dec. 1. The renewal has an average premium increase of 8.4 percent.
Approved a three-year contract with Victoria Enyart for the city’s assessor services. Enyart, a former judge on the state tax tribunal, will receive $19,200 a year to provide those services.